Edocman customization

I've just bought edocman and I would like to customise it according to my needs.

More specifically I want to assign more filelds in a single document.

I created the appropriate fields in the database (table xx_edocman_documents) and I tried to change the layout of the administrator component(option new document) accordingly. I tried to add code in /administrator/components/com-edocman/views/document/tmpl/edit.php to include input for new database fields unsuccessfully. Is this the right way to do it? Are there any other files I have to edit?

How can I upload files form my local directory to the server document storage directory? With ftp client?

Thank you

Hi,

I finally managed to add fields and save them to edocman tables. Needed changes to document.xml and language edocman.ini files.
I managed to do it in both admin and front end. However in front end it did not allow to save changes. There is no save button somewhere.
Can you tell me how to do this?

My last question for ftp is still valid.

Thank you

Hi

1. For FTP question, yes , it is possible. Here are the steps :

- Go to Events Booking -> Configuration, find the config option "File Upload Method", set it to "Choose File from server".

- Upload your files manually via FTP to the folder you entered on Documents Path config option.

After that, when you create a new document, you will see list of uploaded Documents and can choose it for your document.

2. For save button, did you see the button on the original version of EDocman (without the modification you made) ?

Regards,

Tuan

Hi Tuan,

Thank you very much for your reply.
Regarding the save button, the place where I put the component on screen made it expandable (not full size). I can see it now.

Regarding ftp this is exactly what I have done. However, in front end it does not allow me to select files from server but only from my local directory. Can I add this feature and which files I have to look at.

Excellent extension and very easy to modify things.

Thnx again

Hi

In the front-end, it is not possible to choose file because we don't want uploaded (sometime, they are just registered users) to choose the files from server.

If you want to have this feature, maybe you can try solution below :

1. Open the file components/com_edocman/views/document/edit.php

2. Find the code below :
3. Change it to :

After that, it should work as expected.

Tuan

Works!! Thnx very much Tuan.

I will have to modify the search plugin as well. If I will need any help I will be posting in this thread.

Hi Tuan,

I added the following code to components/edocman/views/tmpl/edit.php at the top (javascript function)


In document.xml I added
So when the list box value changed to value "Apofash' the form item named 'court_decno' (joomla editor box) to be disabled.
But it does not work. Any clues on that.

Thnx in advance

Hi

I am sorry. I could not provide support for custom coding, you will have to find out it yourself. Having a quick look at the code, it seems onchange="this.form.dynamic(); seems to be incorrect. Maybe you should change it to onchange="dynamic();

Anyway, I think I could not provide more support on this. This is something related to coding (javascript coding) than something related to EDocman and you will have to handle it yourself .

Tuan

I managed to do it in a different way.

I want to have two different upload links in the edit document form (one to select file from server and one from local dir)

I put the following in the default.php
with an extra parameter file_option (bold) that I want to pass to edit.php. However when edit document form is loaded the file_option argument does not appear in the address link. I get instead of I normaly read this new parameter in edit.php and accordingly with a conditional show either filename or select_filename input box)

Don't bother. I solved it